Electrically Switchable Circularly Polarized Light Detection in Optically Active Ferroelectric
ABSTRACT Circularly polarized light (CPL) detection is fundamental to advanced photonic and optoelectronic technologies, yet electrically reversible control of CPL selectivity remains a critical challenge. Optically active ferroelectrics are uniquely suited to address this challenge because they integrate symmetry‐enabled optical activity, switchable spontaneous polarization, and the bulk photovoltaic effect (BPVE) within a single material platform. Herein, we report an optically active hybrid perovskite ferroelectric, BnA 2 MA 2 Pb 3 Br 10 ( 1 ; BnA is 3‐butenylammonium, MA is methylammonium), in which electrically switchable CPL detection is successfully achieved. Leveraging the BPVE in 1 , the device exhibits highly sensitive self‐powered CPL detection, with an anisotropy factor of up to 0.62. More importantly, ferroelectric polarization reversal reverses the CPL selectivity, enabling electrically reconfigurable CPL detection. This work establishes optically active ferroelectrics as a viable platform for electrically reconfigurable self‐powered chiroptoelectronic devices.
Authors
- Haotian Wen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1870-8077)
- Junhua Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7673-7979)
- Yaru Geng
- Junhua Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1585-7437)
- Xin Dong
- Zhijin Xu
Institutions
- Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter (CN)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Published
- 2026-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.5199246
- Primary Topic
- Perovskite Materials and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Chinese Academy of Sciences